Meet the dissident Russians living the ‘nightmare from which it is ...
Dec 28, 2022 · Western publications and social media sites have been blocked online, forcing Russians seeking alternatives to the official propaganda to go underground using virtual private networks, or VPNs ...
Navalny joins list of dead Putin critics as Kremlin stamps ...
Feb 16, 2024 · The death of Alexei Navalny deals a severe blow to Russia’s opposition, which President Vladimir Putin has ruthlessly silenced. The circumstances surrounding the death of the outspoken critic...
Most of Russia's opposition is either dead, in exile abroad ...
Feb 19, 2024 · The Russian opposition lost its brightest star when politician Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic penal colony. He joined a long list of Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists who have been killed in a variety of ways.
How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of ... - AP News
Mar 6, 2024 · Over the last decade, Vladimir Putin’s Russia evolved from a country that tolerates at least some dissent to one that ruthlessly suppresses it. Arrests, trials and long prison terms — once rare — are commonplace. Navalny, a popular opposition figure, died in a remote Arctic prison on Feb. 16, 2024.
With Putin's reelection all but assured, Russia's opposition still …
Dec 9, 2023 · Most Russian opposition figures are either in prison at home or are in exile abroad. But they vow that they will still put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office in an election scheduled for March.
Russia election: Opposition crushed ahead of managed polls - BBC
Sep 13, 2021 · Critics say the elections are a way of rubber-stamping President Vladimir Putin's allies. Golos has also criticised the authorities' decision to deny public access to video feeds from polling ...
Russia’s opposition is united against Putin but divided ... - NBC News
Russia’s opposition is united against Putin but divided over basically everything else. “Russians in exile never have been capable of forming an opposition force. There is infighting, distrust...
Ukraine war: Where are Russia's opposition leaders now? - BBC
Apr 17, 2023 · By far the most prominent opposition figure in Russia is now Alexei Navalny, who has accused Putin from jail of aiming to smear hundreds of thousands of people in his "criminal, aggressive" war.
Can Freed Russian Dissidents Help Energize Opposition …
Aug 6, 2024 · Among Russians who oppose Vladimir V. Putin and his brutal Ukraine invasion, hopes are high that the Russian dissidents freed last week as part of a prisoner exchange with the West will breathe ...
As Russia holds elections, Putin opposition fights to ... - ABC News
Mar 15, 2024 · Putin faces no real challengers, with anti-war candidates blocked from the ballot and virtually all leading opposition figures either in jail, exile or dead.